Video: How to convert a .vdproj to .wixproj in a click

You might already know or you might not that Visual Studio 2012 does not support setup projects. If this statement feels like a punch in the nose and you asking yourself, “does this mean what I think it means?”…the answer is “yes!”.

Good bye beloved .vdproj projects. I don’t know 100% why Microsoft has done away with them and MSFT isn’t going out of their way to explain the decision. What I do know is there is no point crying about it. There are other options and it is time to consider them.

Although this is our situation, we decided something should be done about. So, we build a new tool, VDProj to WiX Converter. This new Add-in Express tool allows you to quickly convert existing .vdproj projects to the WiX format. It’s a single-feature tool and it’s a doozy.

I created a quick video to demo how it move the existing .vdproj to .wixproj setup within Visual Studio 2012. To steal a line from Steve Jobs, “It just works!”.

This technology is now available for our custom development services only. Based on the Add-in Express for Office core, it is designed for building custom-tailored Office add-ins with far less coding than you usually have to do. Plus, it includes all Add-in Express features such as True RAD, visual designers, Outlook view and form regions, etc.

Get the best platform for building version-neutral, fast and easy deployable plug-ins by using Add-in Express projects templates, visual designers, components and wizards in combination with a perfect Delphi compiler.

This is an extension for Visual Studio that allows developers to quickly create WiX-based setup projects in a familiar Visual Studio way.

The Designer for WiX Toolset lets you forget the plain Windows Installer XML and concentrate on your deployment logic. It integrates several editors with the Visual Studio IDE and provides a set of vdproj designers to configure the file system, registry, user interface, custom actions, launch conditions and more for your setup projects.

The innovative technology for customizing Outlook views and forms. It is included in all Add-in Express for Office products and can be used to extend Outlook views, e-mail, task and appointment windows, To-Do bar, Reading and Navigation panes with your own custom sub-panes.

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